House
Apr 1, 2016To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege.
Summary
Official
State Secrets Protection Act This bill declares that the government has a privilege to refuse to give information and to prevent any person from giving information in civil actions in federal or state courts only if the government shows that public disclosure of the information that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the...
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Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill
Introduced(3/16/16)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
JN
Mr. Nadler
House (D) New York – 12
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Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 1, 2016